Canon XF305 Canon XF Utility (Macintosh) Version 1.0 Instruction Manual - Page 12

Displaying Additional Details About a Clip - picture profiles

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Checking Clips Displaying Additional Details About a Clip In addition to the clips panel, you can open three other information windows that offer a large number of additional details about a selected clip. These windows do not require any user input (they are modeless dialog boxes) so you can have them open all the time and use them as a reference while you work on the clips in the main window. Clip Properties Displays general information about the clip, including the date and time of 12 recording, the clip's duration, settings used while recording (resolution, video bit rate, etc.), User Memo profile and more. Camera Metadata Displays information about the camcorder's settings (shutter speed, aperture, focus mode, gain, white balance, etc.) used when recording the frame shown in the video display area. During playback, the information will be continuously updated. Custom Picture Displays information about the custom picture settings used when recording the clip. If the clip was recorded without using custom picture settings, only the clip name will be displayed. 1. Select a clip in the clips panel. 2. Click View > Clip Properties to display the clip properties' window, View > Camera Metadata to display the metadata window or View > Custom Picture to display the custom picture settings' window. • You can also control (^) -click on a clip in the clips panel and select the desired window from the contextual menu that opens. Clip properties Camera metadata Custom picture NOTES • Fields with a icon next to them (Status, and User Memo fields like Clip Title or Location in the clip properties windows) are the only fields that can be edited using XF Utility (0 26). All other fields are for informational purposes only and cannot be changed.

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Checking Clips
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Displaying Additional Details About a Clip
In addition to the clips panel, you can open three other information windows that offer a large number
of additional details about a selected clip. These windows do not require any user input (they are
modeless dialog boxes) so you can have them open all the time and use them as a reference while you
work on the clips in the main window.
1.
Select a clip in the clips panel.
2.
Click
View > Clip Properties
to display the clip properties’ window,
View > Camera Metadata
to
display the metadata window or
View > Custom Picture
to display the custom picture settings’
window.
You can also control (^) -click on a clip in the clips panel and select the desired window from the
contextual menu that opens.
NOTES
Fields with a
icon next to them (
Status
, and User Memo fields like
Clip Title
or
Location
in the clip
properties windows) are the only fields that can be edited using XF Utility (
0
26). All other fields are
for informational purposes only and cannot be changed.
Clip Properties
Displays general information about the clip, including the date and time of
recording, the clip’s duration, settings used while recording (resolution, video bit
rate, etc.), User Memo profile and more.
Camera Metadata
Displays information about the camcorder’s settings (shutter speed, aperture,
focus mode, gain, white balance, etc.) used when recording the frame shown in
the video display area. During playback, the information will be continuously
updated.
Custom Picture
Displays information about the custom picture settings used when recording the
clip. If the clip was recorded without using custom picture settings, only the clip
name will be displayed.
Clip properties
Camera metadata
Custom picture